This Naqqar Khana alias Music House in the Taj Mahal garden is an
incongruity if the Taj Mahal were an Islamic tomb. Close by on the right is the
building which Muslims claim to be a mosque. The proximity of a mosque to the
Music House is incongruous with Muslim tradition. In India, Muslims have a
tradition of pelting stones on Hindu music processions passing over a mosque.
Moreover a mausoleum needs silence. A dead person's repose is never to be
disturbed. Who would then provide a band house for a dead Mumtaz? Contrarily
Hindu temples and palaces have a music house because morning and evening Hindu
chores begin to the sweet strains of sacred music.

As stated at the beginning of this presentation, in case you did not read
it, the captions above
the Taj Mahal photos are kept the way they were found in the album, so the
style of English and the explanations are kept the same. I (Stephen Knapp) did not write these
captions, though many people think I did.